Are Hoda Kotb and Eric André a Love Match? Ali Wong Says So, as She Tries to Set Them Up onToday

Mar. 15, 2025

From left: Hoda Kotb, Eric André, Ali Wong.Photo:John Nacion/Getty; VALERIE MACON/AFP via Getty; Emma McIntyre/Getty

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Ali Wongknows just the guy forHoda Kotb!

During her appearance onToday with Hoda and Jenna, the comedian, 42, coyly revealed that she knew the perfect man to set up with Kotb — her friend and funny man,Eric André.

“Eric André is like obsessed with you,” Wong smiled before asking if she was familiar with his work. She then pulled up several photos ofThe Eric André Showpersonality, 41, adding, “Look, he’s a colorful dresser. He’s the host of his own show.”

TheBeefactress flashed a photo of André dressing up as Kotb in a light brown wig and a purple dress for Halloween. “And then that!” she said, referring to the photo. “Look at [this. It’s a] homage to you. Is that the first time you’ve seen that?”

When Kotb and her cohostJenna Bush Hagerexpressed their surprise over the images, Bush Hager asked why Kotb was the inspiration behind his costume.

Kotb confessed that she had no idea that André was “obsessed” with her and Wong added that his fondness for her shouldn’t come as a surprise as she has “a career, you’re secure, you’re beautiful.”

Bush Hager agreed that the two could really hit things off and quipped to Wong, “Let’s talk after this!”

Ali Wong on ‘Today with Hoda and Jenna’.NBC

NBC

Kotb was last linked toJoel Schiffman. In 2019, the financierpopped the questionto the broadcast journalist but the couplebroke off their engagementin 2022 after eight years together. The pair share daughters Hope, 4, andHaley, 7.

While she’s still on the hunt for her perfect match, Kotb told PEOPLE she was changing her approach to dating in an effort to remain true to herself.

“You know what? I just decide before every date, I’m gonna be exactly who I am,” she said in a March interview. “I’m not gonna pretend. I’m gonna eat what I would normally and not get a salad. That’s not for me. So I want to be myself, so he knows this is me.”

Hoda Kotb and Joel Schiffman.John Nacion/Getty, Ben Gabbe/Getty

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The mother of two also dished her advice for returning to the dating pool, saying, “If you sit in your house and order Domino’s Pizza, you’re not meeting anybody. Okay?”

“You got to just kind of go out, and who cares if it’s a good day or a bad day, it doesn’t even matter,” she continued. “Go out, learn a little, have some fun and be open. Like just do it. You get one ride around the sun. You might as well go out and eat with someone. They’re paying, who cares? Like, go do it.”

source: people.com